Board Effectiveness Informs Nonprofit Pathways to Progress
Navigate complexities, amplify their impact, and achieve lasting change.
NOT-FOR-PROFIT
Transformative impact: How strong boards drive not-for-profit excellence
Within the non-profit sector, board effectiveness is a guiding force behind organisational mission fulfilment, strategic decision-making, and responsible stewardship. A well-functioning board, composed of committed individuals with diverse backgrounds and expertise, provides invaluable oversight and direction to ensure the organisation remains true to its purpose. Through rigorous governance practices and fiduciary responsibility, effective boards uphold transparency, accountability, and ethical conduct, earning the trust of donors, stakeholders, and the communities they serve.
How effective is your board compared to similar not-for-profit boards?
You can find out using our world class, sophisticated benchmarking that is displayed in a clear and easy to understand way.
Compare yourself to over 500 other boards
Select the industry or sector which is most relevant to your board
TESTIMONIALS
Don’t take our word for it
How Board Benchmarking helps organisations in the not-for-profit sector
A board review is pivotal in advancing governance excellence within the not-for-profit sector. Your board review meticulously analyses governance structures, practices, and the board’s governance of risk and performance. For not-for-profit entities dedicated to serving their communities, the insights from a Board Benchmarking survey enable strategic refinement of board composition, decision-making processes, and stakeholder engagement strategies. Ultimately, the Board Benchmarking board review empowers not-for-profit organisations to elevate their governance standards, enhance stakeholder trust, and drive sustainable impact for the communities they serve.
THE GOLD STANDARD
Unlock easy to understand data and insights with our benchmarked reporting
Because we have such a large database we can also ensure that large organisations are benchmarked against larger organisations and smaller ones against smaller ones in the same industry or sector. This adds further validity and value to the benchmarked results.
The process starts with a world class, easy to use survey
The 7 point response scale provides just the right calibration of survey responses. Our surveys are even designed to work with a screen reader to cater for those who are vision impaired.
See at a glance see how your board is benchmarked against comparable boards
Our performance dial shows you instantly where your board sits compared to board of similar organisations. If you previously used our survey you will also see the extent to which you board’s benchmarking has changed since your prior survey/review.
See how your board measures up on the most important areas of a board’s effectiveness
Our easy to understand colour coding shows you how your board performs in each individual category that is important for a boards effectiveness. “Hot spots” are instantly identified.
See how director and executive responses differ for each survey item
When you include executives in the survey process we show you how their responses compare whilst protecting their anonymity.
Get an overview of the highest and lowest benchmarked survey items
Get an overview of the highest and lowest rated items, based on their benchmarking – not based on the average rating but how that average compares to the responses of other boards. This is where our sophisticated benchmarking makes all the difference!
All written responses are merged and included verbatim
All written responses of directors and executives are merged together to protect the anonymity of respondents. This encourages candid responses.
